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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I've worked for the Calgary Bar Association. My buddies in law school would often defend people for free or part of their program or also work for legal aid. Lawyers don't have the same bad rap in Canada as in the US. I think they are pretty well respected and many recognize the efforts of legal aid and the friendliness of the legal community.
I still feel that legal fees are quite high, but I feel the same about many professional services ($500 to clean my gums? what?)
IIRC, Tran's lawyer was a young east indian guy who used to work for a larger firm but became independant and had a modest fee. Der however is a common CP joke on many threads. |
I won't weigh in on whether Der's reputation around here has been earned or not, but I do think that Tran's lawyer has been unfairly criticized. I know the guy a little bit and perhaps that's why I've been overly sensitive. I've seen and heard the crap that he had to put up with merely because he vigorously and zealously defended his client all the while seeking every recourse available to him in our justice system.
In my view, he did only what he should have and has done nothing wrong. He's had people trash him on a personal level in this thread, in Calgary Sun letters to the editor, in emails and voice mails. I feel for Tran's lawyer and I don't think he should have had to endure that kind of BS.
For anyone interested, here is Tran's lawyer's latest blog posting about the Myth of Jackie Tran:
http://immlawyer.blogs.com/my_weblog...ckie-tran.html